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The Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) provides financial support to football clubs towards their ground improvement projects.

Funded by the Premier League with an annual budget of £6m, the FSIF awards capital grants to clubs from the Football League down to the lower levels of the National League System to improve safety at their stadia and to enable them to satisfy The FA’s ground grading requirements

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The Premier League wholly funds the FSIF, investing £6m each year. Since 2000 a total of £51.67m worth of grants have been redistributed to clubs right across England and Wales.

This funding from the top of the game ensures that much-needed ground improvement projects throughout the football pyramid can be undertaken, helping create safe and sustainable facilities for clubs and their fans for many years to come.

The FSIF provides money for clubs in the Football League and The FA National League System down to step 7 who want to improve their facilities for players, officials and spectators.

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The Fans Fund Small Grants Scheme offers grants of up to £20,000 for projects that look to improve the relationship between fans and their clubs, the way football supporters engage with each other and fans’ experience of the game.

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Hungerford Town FC unveil series of improvements made at Bulpit LaneThe facilities at Hungerford Town FC's home ground, Bulpit Lane, have been transformed to now match the heights of their Conference South status. The ground improvements were unveiled recently (Saturday 8 December), and made possible by investment from the Premier League, which has been delivered by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF).

Old Bradwell United FC open the doors to refurbished clubhouseA clubhouse extension will transform the matchday experience for players and fans of Old Bradwell United FC in Milton Keynes. The building, which was officially opened recently (Saturday 1 December 2018), was made possible by investment from the Premier League, which has been delivered by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF).

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Hungerford Town FC unveil series of improvements made at Bulpit LaneThe facilities at Hungerford Town FC's home ground, Bulpit Lane, have been transformed to now match the heights of their Conference South status. The ground improvements were unveiled recently (Saturday 8 December), and made possible by investment from the Premier League, which has been delivered by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF).10/12/2018

Old Bradwell United FC open the doors to refurbished clubhouseA clubhouse extension will transform the matchday experience for players and fans of Old Bradwell United FC in Milton Keynes. The building, which was officially opened recently (Saturday 1 December 2018), was made possible by investment from the Premier League, which has been delivered by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF).03/12/2018

Lewisham Borough unveil new £23,000 football stand in memory of late founder

Lewisham Borough unveil new £23,000 football stand in memory of late founder

Lewisham Borough Council and Lewisham Borough (Community) FC officially opened their new £23,000 football stand recently (Sunday 4 September 2016), named in memory of one of the founders of the club, the late Clinton Rhule. The project was made possible thanks to a £16,038 grant from the Premier League, through the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF), the largest funders of non-league football in the country.

The grant has enabled Lewisham Borough (Community) FC, who play at Step 6 of the football pyramid in the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division, to build a brand new 100-capacity covered stand. The project has allowed the club to progress up the football pyramid in meeting the necessary requirements of the FA National Ground Grading Criteria. The new facility will be used by a range of community groups, including local grassroots club, Forest Hill Park FC.

Funded with £5.2m each year from the Premier League, the FSIF is the country’s largest provider of grants towards projects that help improve the comfort and safety of lower league football grounds in both the professional and amateur game. These improvements range from new football stands and turnstiles to floodlighting and improved provision for disabled supporters.

Ray Simpson, Chairman of Lewisham Borough (Community) FC, said: “After 13 years of hard work from when the club was founded in 2003, we have developed a stadium to be proud of. The founder members being myself, George Davis, Joe Collymore and the late Clinton Rhule aspired to achieve this level of football in Lewisham, and with the help and assistance from the Mayor of Lewisham and the Premier League, through the FSIF, we have managed to do that and become members of the National League System Steps 1-6.

“Thanks to all those who have supported us on this journey. In particular the Kent County League, Kent Invicta League and the Southern Counties East Football League Officers along with The FA. A huge thanks in particular must go to the Lewisham Borough (Community) FC Directors who have kept the club going and developed the stadium through some difficult times in the last few years.”

Peter McCormick OBE, Chairman of the Football Stadia Improvement Fund, said: “The new Clinton Rhule Stand for Lewisham Borough (Community) FC will place the club in fantastic stead for the upcoming 2016/17 season, helping aid their progression up the football pyramid. The Premier League, through the FSIF, continues to support the development of stadia infrastructure right across the country, and this project is another such example. I wish the club all the best for the season and look forward to seeing them go from strength to strength.”

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“The new Clinton Rhule Stand for Lewisham Borough (Community) FC will place the club in fantastic stead for the upcoming 2016/17 season, helping aid their progression up the football pyramid. ” Peter McCormick OBE, Chairman of the Football Stadia Improvement Fund.

Latest news

Hungerford Town FC unveil series of improvements made at Bulpit LaneThe facilities at Hungerford Town FC's home ground, Bulpit Lane, have been transformed to now match the heights of their Conference South status. The ground improvements were unveiled recently (Saturday 8 December), and made possible by investment from the Premier League, which has been delivered by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF).10/12/2018 12:00am

Old Bradwell United FC open the doors to refurbished clubhouseA clubhouse extension will transform the matchday experience for players and fans of Old Bradwell United FC in Milton Keynes. The building, which was officially opened recently (Saturday 1 December 2018), was made possible by investment from the Premier League, which has been delivered by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF).03/12/2018 12:00am